Bill Lamb, KTTV-KCOP General Manager, To Retire

The veteran head of Fox’s Los Angeles duopoly will step down on Oct. 3 after a career of 50 years in television.

DMA 2: LOS ANGELES

Bill Lamb Named VP-GM Of Fox’s L.A. Duopoly

The former Block Communications executive succeeds Bob Cook who has been tapped to head first-run distribution for Fox Television Stations.

DMA 48: LOUISVILLE, KY

Bill Lamb, WDRB GM, Is Leaving

In a Tuesday email to an editorial advisory board that was obtained by the Courier Journal, Lamb wrote he is leaving the Louisville, Ky., Fox affiliate on July 5 and heading to an unnamed station in a “top 10 market.”

DMA 49: LOUISVILLE, KY

WDRB’s Bill Lamb Getting Kentucky Mic Award

Bill Lamb of Block Communications-owned WDRB Louisville, Ky. (DMA 49), will be presented the Kentucky Broadcasters Association’s highest award at its annual convention on Oct. 9. The Kentucky Mic Award […]

OPEN MIKE BY BILL LAMB

TV Needs More Station Editorials, Not Fewer

Bill Lamb, GM of WDRB Louisville, Ky.: “Some general managers don’t like to do editorials because they feel it could cost them viewers or advertisers. My experience has been that both objections are myths. Editorials have given viewers a unique reason to get their news from us rather than another station, so it is a value-add.”

 

MARKET SHARE (DMA 49: LOUISVILLE, KY)

WDRB GM Writes Unique Ratings Promo

DMA 49 (LOUISVILLE, KY)

WDRB GM Apologizes For Calling Paper Poll Rigged